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0. M. BUGKINGHAM. BUTTER PRINTER.

No. 460,943. Patented Oct. 13, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CASSIUS M. BUCKINGHAM, OF UTICA, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TOFRANK L. JONES, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTER-PRINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,943, dated October13, 1891.

Application filed June 1, 1891. Serial No. 394,679. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CASSIUS M. BUCK'ING- HAM, of Utica, in the county ofOneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Butter- Printers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in butter-printing devices.

In the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, andin which similar figures of reference refer to corre sponding parts inthe several views, Figure 1 shows a top view of myimprovedbutter-printing device. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of thesame.Fig.3showsan end elevation. Fig. 4 shows the mold open. Figs. 5 to 8,inclusive, show details of construction on an enlarged scale.

Referring more specifically to the referencenumerals marked on thedrawings, in a more particular description of the device, 1 indicatesthe mold or form used in my butterprinting device, which is providedwith a hinged side 2, a hinged end 3, and fixed side 1:, and a fixed end5. The movable side and end are provided with suitable hooks or socuringdevices for securing the side and end of the mold in closed position. Oneither side of the mold is provided a rack 6, having a series or row ofteeth 7,and a plain track 8. The rack 6 is provided withdownwardlyprojecting slotted lugs 9, through which engage set-screws 10for ad j nstably securing the rack to the side of the mold. Extendingacross the mold is a printing-roller 11, having suitable configurationsfor printing or stamping the butter and edges or rims, as 12, formarking the butter into separate cakes or prints.

, On either end of the roller or shaft thereof roller engages, and twoanti-friction rollers or pulleys 15, adapted to run on the upper side oftrack 8, and one anti-friction rolleror pulley 10 in a vertical linemidway between the rollers 15 and adapted to run on the under side oftrack 8. On either end of the printing-roller is provided a rim 18,adapted to run or cut closely inside of the sides of the mold, as willbe understood from Fig. 7. It will also be noticed that there is ac0nsiderable space between the shaft on which the roller mounted and theedge of the side, so that a considerable vertical adjustment of theroller with reference to the mold is permitted. The roller is providedwith an operating-crank 17, secured to one end thereof.

The operation of the device is substantially as follows: The mold beingin closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and filled with but.-ter, the printing-roller, with its cog-gears, is engaged at one end ofthe box or mold in the racks and, being rotated by means of crank 17,caused to pass from one end of the box to the other, where it mayberemoved, having impressed and divided the surface of the butter intoprints. The movable side and end of the box may then be let down and theprints separated by a butter-spade and removed. The thickness of theprints may be changed by loosening the set-screws 10 on each side of thecase and adjusting the racks up or down.

I am aware that butter-workers with a table having sides, and aworking-roller spanning the table, having gears engaging in racks oneither side, have been heretofore provided, and I do not claim thatconstruction, the object of my invention being to print or mold thebutter after it has been worked in the usual manner in a butter-worker.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described butter-printing device having a mold withmovable or hinged side and end, a printing-roller spanning the mold,vertically-adjustable racks and tracks on either side of the box,cog-gears at either end of the roller engaging the racks. and theretaining-carriage having two wheels on the upper side and at each sideof the vertical line through the roller, adapted to run on the track,and a single roller in the vertical line through the shaft, adapted torun on the under side of the track, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described butter-printing device having a mold with ahinged side and end, a configured printing-roller having edges fordividing or marking the division in the surface of the butter,vertically-adj ustable racks 6 on either side of the mold, havingcogteeth 7 and plain track 8, cog-gears on either end of the rolleradapted to engage in the teeth of the racks, and retaining-carriage 14,having rollers 15 15 on either side of a vertical line through theshaft, adapted to engage on the upper surfaces of track 8, and a roller16 in the vertical line of the shaft, adapted to engage on the underside of track 8, substantially as set forth.

The herein-described butter-printin g device having a mold with hingedside and end, the rack 6 on either side of the mold, vertiroller 16,adapted to engage on the under side of track 8, and operating-crank 17,all combined as set forth.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OASSIUS M. BUGKINGHAM. Witnesses:

M. E. ROBINSON, JOHN S. CASEY.

